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ug- 0, 1957 A. KOEBLE 2,803,391

CONTAINER Filed Dec. 2-1; 195: 4 Shets-Sheat 1 1p! I f I I I in "W F ,1 I I 17: iii 2 4 32 1 W1! M ,7, W I;

ATTORNEY 'Aug. 20, 1957 A.- KOEBLE 2,803,391

CONTAINER Filed Dec. 21,. 1953 4 Sheets-Sheat2 INVENTOR.

ATTORNEY United States CONTAINER Albert Koeble, Irvington, N. J., assignor to The United .States Printing and Lithograph Company, Mineola,

N. Y., a corporation of Ohio Application December 21, 1953, Serial No. 399,366

2 Claims. (Cl. 229-27) The present invention relates to containers or receptacles of the foldable variety, to be assembled from flats or blanks, and, moreparticularly, to an improve- :ment in containers .for cigarettepackages, for example, "which permits packing of units of packs of cigarettes of .sizesv in a single carton. The suggested unit is five packs.

A container embodying this invention will securely pack two units, one of regular size and one ofking size.

withinthe scope'of the invention, the units may be arranged in separate layers and arange of choice is pro- "vided in arranging the units. Containers constructed in accordance with this'invention may be machine made on cutting andgluingmachines. Known cutting and gluing practices arereadily adapted to production of containers of this invention.

. Fromrthe foregoing, it will be'noted that one important object of .thisinventiornis to..provide an improved container for securely holdinga plurality of units of packages, the packages in one unit differing in size from the packages in another unit.

Another object is to provide a foldable container having novel means for locating packages of different sizes in layers.

A further object is to provide a novel container to be erected from a flat blank in a manner to provide package spacing means.

Still another object is to provide novel containers for a plurality of units of cigarette packages.

A still further object is to provide a foldable container with a package positioning offset.

Other objects and advantages of the present invention will, of course, become apparent and immediately suggest themselves to those skilled in the art to which the invention is directed from a reading of the following specification in connection with the accompanying drawing in which:

Fig. 1 is a view in perspective of a container embodying the present invention in one form;

Fig. 2 is a view in plan of the flat or blank prepared to provide the container of Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a view in perspective showing a step in the formation of the container from the blank of Fig. 2;

Fig. 4 is a view in plan of the container of Fig. 1;

Fig. 5 is a view in sectional elevation, the section being taken on line 5-5 of Fig. 4 as viewed in the direction of the arrows;

Fig. 6 is a view similar to Fig. 2 of a modification of the present invention as embodied on a blank;

Fig. 7 is a view in plan of a container constructed from the blank of Fig. 6;

Fig. 8 is a view in sectional elevation, the section being taken on line 88 of Fig. 7 as viewed in the direction of the arrows;

atent Fig. 9 is a view of a blank embodying the invention in another form;

Fig. 10 is a view in plan of a container constructed from the blank of Fig. 9; and

Fig. 11 is a view in sectional elevation, the section being taken on line 1111 of Fig. 10 as viewed in the direction of the arrows.

Fig. 1 of the drawing shows an illustrative embodiment of the invention in which a unit of five packs of cigarettes of the regular size is positioned over a unit of five packs of cigarettes of king size. In the embodiment of Fig. 1 the container or carton 10 is provided by folding up the blank shown in Fig. 2. The blank of Fig. 2 and other blanks disclosed herein may be made of any suitable foldable material. For example, the stock may be .016 bleached manila lined cardboard. The stock may also be .018 or .020 clay-coated boxboard. The selected vmaterial may be processed on a cut and crease machine and glued on a gluing machine.

The one-piece blank of Fig. 2 has a bottom 16, sides 18 and 20, ends 22 and '24 and a top or lid 26. Crease lines are indicated at the adjacent edges of these'cart-on parts. The longer crease lines are provided with relatively short cuts or severed sections designated by reference characters 35 and 36. Cuts 38 along the crease line joining the lid 26 and a tuck-in flap are designated .by reference character 38. An arcuate cut 37 outlines a curved tab which may be projected in the plane of .the lid 26 when the carton 10 is erected from the blank of Fig. 2.

In accordance with the invention, a filler spacer to position regular size packs 14 over king size packs 12 is provided by the parts 28 and 29. These parts are joined by a crease line having cuts 15. The part 28 is joined to the lid 26 by a crease line having the cuts 11. One cut 11 lies at each side of the arcuate cut 37. The part 29 is joined to the side 20 by a crease line having the cuts 21. Both parts 28 and 29 are outlined at their ends by cuts 17 and 19.

Fig. 3 discloses one way in which the carton 19 may be formed by a simple hand operation from the blank of Fig. 2. It will be understood that machine folding and/ or gluing may be employed for producing cartons 10 in quantities. In Fig. 3 it Will be noted that bending the lid 26 toward and parallel with the bottom 16 will cause the parts 28 and 29 to assume a position at right angles to each other. This provides the position spacer for the shorter regular size packs 14. The packs 14 abut the part 28. The packs 12 lie under the part 29. The lid may be raised to the position shown in Fig. 3 to get access to the contents. In this case the lid 26 remains uncreased in alignment with the cuts 11 and the parts 28 and 29 assume an obtuse angle with respect to each other. On the other hand, the entire lid may be creased in alignment with the cuts 11 as shown in Fig. 1. Adhesive may be applied in advance to the flaps 31, 32, 33 and 34 to facilitate a subsequent gluing operation.

Figs. 7 and 8 of the drawing show another illustrative embodiment of the invention in which a unit of five packs of cigarettes of regular size is positioned under a unit of five packs of cigarettes of king size.

The blank of Fig. 6, which is foldable to form the carton of Figs. 7 and 8, comprises a bottom 51, sides 52 and 54, ends 55 and 56 and a top or lid 53. The sides 54 is provided with flaps 60 and 61. The side 52 is provided with flaps 58 and 59. The top 53 has a tuck in flap 57. The spacer for positioning the regular size packs of cigarettes is provided between the bottom 51 and the side 54. Creases are provided having cuts 64 and 65 to facilitate folding. The center of the spacer is defined by a crease line having the cuts 66. The ends of the spacer are defined by cuts 62 and 63 which permit the panels of the spacer to assume a position at right angles to each other when the bottom 51 is bent at a right angle to the side 54. The mode of formation of the container of Figs. 7 and 8 form the blank of Fig, 6 follows the procedure described-above;

The shorter packs' ar e' located beneath the king size packs in the finished cartorilf 'Ihe -fiap 57 I maybe a tu ck in fiap or itlma y bess ealedito the outside of the finished and packed carton; The carton of'Fig. 1 may be packed and sealed in the same way.

Figs. 10 and 11 of the drawing show still another illustrative embodiment of the invention inwhich the sp'acer for the shorter packs is of unitary construction with the cover or lid. The shorter packs. lie above the king size packs when the carton of this modification is filled.

The 'blank of Fig. 9 comprises a bottom 71, sides 72 and 74 and ends 79 and 80. Cuts 108 are located along thefold line crease between the bottom 71 and the side 7 lines. These flaps are covered from the portion 132 by U-shaped cuts 91 and 92. edges of the cover 73.

The carton of Figs. 10 and 11 is folded up fromthe A flap 93 is provided at the blank of Fig. 9 by bringing the portions 131 and 132 into facial contact. At this time, the flaps 75 and 76 may be bent up as viewed in Fig. 9. The body of the carton is then folded up and the flaps 75 and 76 are secured against the inside of the carton. The flaps 75 and 76 serve to hold the spacer composed of the portions 131 and 132 in a vertical position whereby to abut the ends of regular size packs of cigarettes overlying king size packs.

The invention claimed is:

1. A container in the form of a carton foldable from a fiat bank and constructed to hold a plurality units of items, the items of each unit being of a difierent size, said container comprising a bottom, two sides, two ends and a cover, said sides being provided with gluing flaps, a spacing member located in said carton to abut one end of the items in one of said units, said spacing member comprising portions of said cover folded in facial engagement, flaps projecting from one of said portions, to serve as a brace for said spacing member.

2. A container in the form of a carton foldable from a flat blank and constructed to hold a plurality units of items, the items of each unit being of a difierent size, said container comprising a bottom, two sides, two ends and a cover, said sides being provided with gluing flaps, a spacing member located in said carton to abut one end of the items in one of said units, said spacing member comprising portions of said cover 'foldedin facial engagement, flaps projecting from one of said portions, each flap overlying an end of said container thereby to serve as a brace for said spacing member to maintain said spacing member substantially perpendicular to the botttom of said container.

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UNITED STATES PATENTS Guyer 'Aug. 17,

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